Overview
- The Sixth Panel of the Superior Tribunal de Justiça unanimously denied Flordelis’s appeal on Friday, September 18, 2026, and kept the 50-year prison term handed down after the 2022 jury verdict.
- A 2022 Tribunal do Júri found Flordelis guilty of multiple crimes including triple-qualified homicide, attempted double-qualified homicide, armed criminal association, and use of a false document for a killing that took place at the family home in Niterói.
- Her lawyers argued procedural nullities such as the absence of final arguments at the pronouncement phase and insufficient grounding for the crime’s qualifiers, but relatora Nilsoni de Freitas said the defense failed to show concrete prejudice.
- The STJ also confirmed the annulment of acquittals for Rayane dos Santos, Marzy Teixeira and André Luiz de Oliveira, which means those three must face renewed criminal proceedings or new jury trials.
- The Public Ministry has argued the motive was control over family finances and strict conflict management by the victim, and the ruling preserves the trial court’s factual findings and keeps broader family prosecutions moving forward.